Monday, July 24, 2017

Wasted: Steel Country #3 by MJ Fields

Mysterious and sexy, Grayson Falcon steers clear of commitment in all forms. He takes the road less traveled, avoiding the demons of his past and the nightmares they cause. He uses his good looks and country charm to attain pleasure, but it is always a short-lived reprieve.

Sweet and scarred.

Once believing that love can conquer all, Mandee Carlain’s life was then turned upside down and inside out. Her beauty queen good looks and sweet smile always caught the eye of the wrong kind of man. However, as a survivor, she still holds on to hope that one day she will come face to face with the man whose whispered words will give her strength to still believe.

Grayson
'Gray' Falcon has natural, raw talent when it comes to music, namely
singing and his guitar. He's sexy, playful and oh so demanding.

Mandee is a quiet girl merely existing and not living from a past full
of pain and heartache. She doesn't want pity for her past. What she
wants for both her and her dad is to have them top existing and begin to
live again!

Both Mandee and Gray are trying to please others and are more concerned
with others' happiness before their own. They find themselves doing all
the wrong things for all the right reasons.

I will never have bacon for breakfast again without thinking of
#baconandblowjobs. Nor will I ever look at red velvet cake the same way
ever again!

MJ Fields has an uncanny ability to personify her characters in such a
way that makes me feel as though we've been friends for a lifetime.

Once again little Brand stole the show even though his presence in the
story is very short and right at the end, his character is larger than
life and is needing his story told!

Gage's take on boners to Gray was adorable. It is so easy to picture
this seen and so many others so though they're happening before your
very eyes.

I was really touched when both Gray and Mandee took the time to give
advice to a young girl about boys and the high expectations that she
should have of both herself and him!

In the end MJ always seems to give me, as both a reader and a human
being, the hope for a better tomorrow. The realization that love can
find a way and the knowledge that our pasts do not define us. Everyone
deserves to love and to be loved!

When I have made peace with my anger, released it in tears and screams and allowed my body to float and release the tension, I simply float, eyes closed, kicking my feet ever so often, moving my arms when I feel I should and allow myself to drift toward reality’s shores.

I feel my foot drag across the lake’s floor and sigh as I push my feet down and stand, opening my eyes.

I gasp when I see him, Grayson, standing on the gravel, my dress over his shoulder and a towel in his hand. His square jaw, peppered with a few days’ worth of growth and slightly lighter than that on his head, his jaw is tight, and I see the muscles in it working. His eyes are so deeply connected to mine it renders me almost unmoving.

The way he looks at me is unrecognizable. Angry? Annoyed?

When his eyes leave mine after what seems like an eternity, then move to my lips, I wonder if there is something on them. Then they slowly, very slowly, move down my body. At this moment, I remember I am in a bra and panties, in front of Grayson Falcon, sexiest man alive.

I quickly sink down to a seated position and curl into myself, hiding myself, incredibly insecure and horrifically embarrassed.

“You’re blue, Mandee, and blue isn’t a good color on you. Come on; get up out of there.”